premium
//ˈpɹiː.miː.əm//
Forms
- Plural
- premiums
Definitions
1.Superior in quality; higher in price or value.
2.High-end; belonging to the market segment between mid-market and luxury.
1.A prize or award.
2.Something offered at a reduced price as an inducement to buy something else.
3.A bonus paid in addition to normal payments.
- At first I wrote it off to the simpler protocols of grandparenthood, with its premium on uncomplicated gestures of generosity and love.
4.The amount to be paid for an insurance policy.
- Notice that these premia would exist even in a world of risk-neutral lenders if there were identifiable classes of nonrepaying borrowers.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4674
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
From Latin praemium (“prize”).